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The sponsor of the bill, Social Compassion in Legislation, has introduced a new spay/neuter bill, Senate Bill SB 250. [ 2 ] Bill supporters and bill opponents both claimed a large number of followers, and the 2007 hearings on the bill in Sacramento resulted in some of the largest and most passionate crowds of the year in the Capitol.
In Halifax, Nova Scotia, a clinic sterilizing 25 cats brought the total number of cats sterilized by new low cost clinic to over 2000. [10] The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies used the 2014 World Spay Day to announce the publication of a report, The Case for Accessible Spay/Neuter in Canada , which "illuminates the lack of accessible ...
As of 2013, an estimated 75% of 700 million dogs worldwide were free to roam and reproduce, resulting in overpopulation, high mortality rates and poor health. [1] The main management approach is surgical sterilization, i.e. the removal of testes or ovaries, often performed through trap-neuter-return strategies. [2]
Often the term neuter[ing] is used to specifically mean castration, e.g. in phrases like "spay and neuter". Neutering is the most common method for animal sterilization . Humane societies , animal shelters , and rescue groups urge pet owners to have their pets neutered to prevent the births of unwanted litters , which contribute to the ...
Spay/neuter project is a national organization in the United States spreading information about the importance of spaying/neutering pets and working to make the procedure affordable for all pet owners.
Trap–neuter–return (TNR), also known as trap–neuter–release, is a controversial [1] [2] [3] method that attempts to manage populations of feral cats. The process involves live-trapping the cats, having them neutered , ear-tipped for identification, and, if possible, vaccinated , then releasing them back into the outdoors. [ 4 ]
Since there is no standard of measurement, some shelters compare live releases to the number of healthy, adoptable animals, while others compare live releases to every animal they took in – as such, the terms high kill, low kill, and no kill are therefore subjective. [5] [6] Shelter partners include rescue groups, fosters and sanctuaries.
The AVMA supports the concept of early (prepubertal, 8 to 16 weeks of age) spay/neuter in dogs and cats in an effort to reduce the number of unwanted animals of these species. Just as for other veterinary medical and surgical procedures , veterinarians should use their best medical judgment in deciding at what age spay/neuter should be ...